Laitila

Laitila

Letala
Laitila Letala
Town
	Laitilan kaupunki; Letala stad
	Laitila Church
	Coat of arms
	Nickname: Egg Capital of Finland
	Location of Laitila in Finland
	Coordinates: 60°53′N 021°42′E / 60.883°N 21.700°E
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Vakka-Suomi sub-region
Charter	1868
City rights	1986
Government
• Town manager	Johanna Luukkonen
Area (2018-01-01)
• Total	545.32 km2 (210.55 sq mi)
• Land	531.88 km2 (205.36 sq mi)
• Water	13.65 km2 (5.27 sq mi)
• Rank	164th largest in Finland
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	8,441
• Rank	115th largest in Finland
• Density	15.87/km2 (41.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	87.8% (official)
• Swedish	0.3%
• Others	11.9%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	16.2%
• 15 to 64	58.4%
• 65 or older	25.3%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.laitila.fi

Laitila (Finnish: [ˈlɑi̯tilɑ]; Swedish: Letala^[6]) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, and it is 59 kilometres (37 mi) from Laitila to Turku. The municipality has a population of 8,441 (31 December 2023)^[3] and covers an area of 545.32 square kilometres (210.55 sq mi) of which 13.65 km² (5.27 sq mi) is water.^[2] The population density is 15.87 inhabitants per square kilometre (41.1/sq mi). The municipality is monolingually Finnish.

Laitila is renowned for its poultry farms and "egg festival" (Laitilan Munamarkkinat),^[7] which is why the subject of the municipal coat of arms of Laitila also refers to the parish's fame for chicken care.^[8] There is a lot of demand for Laitila-based chicken eggs, as the local egg producer company Munax, among other things, has even planned to egg exports all the way to South Korea.^[9] Laitila has also been called the "egg capital of Finland".^[1]

Culture

Laitila has a very large number of Iron Age antiquities, the most famous of which are the so-called the warrior's grave of Kodjala.^[10] Finland's oldest glass object, the Roman-era drinking horn, has been found in Laitila's Soukainen village.^[11] The nationally significant built cultural environments defined by the Finnish Heritage Agency in 2009 in Laitila include the Untamala^[12] and Suontaka villages^[13] and the Koukkela's the peasant house of Kauppila.^[14]